Let's Go Fishing - CD Sunday

Margaret has chosen the theme at CD Sunday for this fortnight's challenge - Let's Go Fishing.

At first I thought I didn't have anything fishing related, but I found a few images on various CDs. I even thought about making a Christmas card with an image of a penguin/polar bear/Eskimo fishing through a hole in the ice!

But then I found a lovely 'fish' backing paper on a Joanna Sheen CD - Faye Whittaker Collection CD2 and decided I would use that as my 'something from a CD'. I covered a piece of white card with the backing paper and then attached a piece of black netting to it. I only glued the netting onto the back of the card and in the middle of the front of the card where I knew I would be placing a topper. The netting was originally a small bag that at one time must have contained something and has been in my stash forever! 

I then opened Serif Craft Artist and designed a topper of a man sea fish from some rocks. I know nothing about fishing, so he probably isn't using the right equipment for sea fishing LOL!

Digikits used were Craft Scapes Summer Seaside, Great Grandads, Country Gardens and Shabby Chic Seaside.

The topper was printed onto lightweight card and then layered onto some shimmery paper that I bought from Sharon Duncan when she had an online shop. I like this paper so much that when she announced she was closing I bought about 4 packs of it. Each pack has several colours in it - light blue, a darker blue, green, pink and orange. I think I've seen it being sold on Create and Craft in a pack with other papers.

I then cut a rectangle of dark blue card to go between the topper and the backing paper.

Finally, I then glued all of this to my card blank which is 7 inches by 7 inches.

Don't forget that the CD Sunday Challenge is about making items using something printed from a craft CD Rom. You can use other craft items on your card/project, such as a stamp or die, but you must include something from a craft Cd. So if you like colouring stamped images or digis you can still enter the challenge but you must include something from a CD such as a backing paper, a sentiment or a butterfly for example. In your blog post/Facebook entry you must give the name of the CD you've used. This is important if the items you've used can be bought as a download as well as a CD as the Design team can't tell which has been used unless you tell us. Your entry can't be considered for a prize if you haven't used a CD or if you haven't told us the name of the CD in your post. The Design team still leave comments on your blog but there's no chance of winning if the above hasn't been followed. We now have a Facebook page if you don't have a blog - The CD Sunday Challenge.

Celebrate In Style - CD Sunday

There's a new theme at CD Sunday and it's Celebrate In Style - chosen by Wynn.

I was looking through some craft magazines and came across a U shaped card where they'd added a piece of card to the central section to make a 'shelf'. They then covered the card in wood paper and designed it to look like a bar at a barbeque. My little grey cells then went into overdrive and I came up with the design for my card.

There was a lot of work went into the making of this with lots of trial and error - I think it took me about 10 days altogether. I won't bore you with the details of how I made it - I'm just going to list the items I used.

The gold 'backing' paper was from Poundland, it’s called Adhesive Paper Glitter Roll - I thought it fitted the 'Style' part of the theme.

The little parcels and party hats are also from Poundland, but I've had them for some time.

The bottles of alcohol and glasses were from a craft magazine I used to buy many years ago. Each magazine had a little card making 'kit' and always contained small images that were die cut. Again, I've had them a very long time.

Something new for a change LOL! I bought Creative Stamping magazine issue 46 and used the lantern stamps. I stamped them twice on a piece of acetate and heat embossed before cutting them as close to the images as I dared. I then coloured the backs with a Tonic Glitter Marker Golden Ochre to make it look as if they were lit up.

The mirror ball gave me a really hard time! After several failed attempts I was browsing a website's sale section to add to the total of my shopping so that I would have free postage. I came across a small packet of mini Christmas baubles and bought them hoping they were small enough - the size wasn't listed. When they arrived, they were 4cms - perfect! And there were 3 silver ones in the packet too! I removed the cap from the top of the bauble and pushed a wooden kebab stick in the end so that I had a 'handle'. I then sprayed the bauble with Crafter's Companion Stick and Stay and quickly dipped the bauble into glitter. The glitter is from Tonic Studios and is called...…………. Mirror Ball - you couldn't make it up LOL! The next day I removed the kebab stick and replaced the bauble cap. The kebab stick was then covered in the gold paper and poked through the top of the card with the bauble hanging from the middle.

                                      

The bunting and balloons are my 'something from a CD rom'. I used a My Craft Studio CD called Inserts & Backgrounds Everyday. There was an insert that had plain bunting on so I cropped the insert to just have the bunting, enlarged it, printed it off and die cut triangles and balloons. By doing it this way I used less ink and paper than if I'd printed out full sheets of each colour I wanted.

The balloons were cut using dies from Sizzix - Mini Bird Crazy & Things by Tim Holtz. I then decorated them with peel offs. The word 'CELEBRATE' was die cut using an alphabet set from the Tattered Lace magazine issue 3. I cut the letters from black card with silver sparkles in it. I used the same card in a thin strip to hang the pennants from.

Don't forget that the CD Sunday Challenge is about making items using something printed from a craft CD Rom. You can use other craft items on your card/project, such as a stamp or die, but you must include something from a craft Cd. So if you like colouring stamped images or digis you can still enter the challenge but you must include something from a CD such as a backing paper, a sentiment or a butterfly for example. In your blog post/Facebook entry you must give the name of the CD you've used. This is important if the items you've used can be bought as a download as well as a CD as the Design team can't tell which has been used unless you tell us. Your entry can't be considered for a prize if you haven't used a CD or if you haven't told us the name of the CD in your post. The Design team still leave comments on your blog but there's no chance of winning if the above hasn't been followed. We now have a Facebook page if you don't have a blog - The CD Sunday Challenge.